 | Dugald Stewart - Ethics - 1852 - 480 pages
...pleasant," says Dr. Tillotson, " to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others. It is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves. It is pleasant to mortify and subdue our appetites, because that is victory. It is pleasant to command our passions,... | |
 | David Bates Tower - Readers - 1853 - 272 pages
...seem to be. 9. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others; it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves; it is pleasant to command our appetites and passions, and to keep them in due order, within the bounds of reason and... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1854 - 352 pages
...wavering. 25. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others ;—it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves ;—it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory ;—it is pleasant to command our appetites... | |
 | John Wilson - English language - 1855 - 360 pages
...poor men's gallons. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory it is pleasant to command our appetites and... | |
 | John Wilson - Abbreviations, English - 1856 - 364 pages
...poor men's gardens. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory it is pleasant to command our appetites and... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 364 pages
...poor men's gardens. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory it is pleasant to command our appetites and... | |
 | John Wilson - Abbreviations, English - 1856 - 366 pages
...poor men's gardens. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory it is pleasant to command our appetites and... | |
 | John Wilson - Abbreviations, English - 1856 - 360 pages
...poor men's gardens. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory it is pleasant to command our appetites and... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1857 - 470 pages
...them in due order, within the bounds of reason and religion, because that is empire; it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory; it is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others; it is pleasant to grow better, because... | |
 | John Wilson - English language - 1857 - 192 pages
...of demonstration. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory it is pleasant to command our appetites and... | |
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pleasant to grow better ; because that is to excel ourselves: it is pleasant even to mortify and subdue our lusts; because that is victory: it is pleasant to command our appetites and passions, and to keep them in due order, within the bounds of reason... 
